| When people are visiting Croatia they often come by | | | | to get it eventually through using common sense. If |
| car, especially considering that Europeans tourists | | | | you do not want to use a credit card, or you cannot |
| make up the largest percentage of visitors to the | | | | work the ATM, then do not worry. Unlike some |
| country each year. When travelling from Northern | | | | countries, where you firstly need to exchange into |
| Europe most people come through Munich, into | | | | USD before being able to change into the native |
| Austria, cross the border into Slovenia and then head | | | | currency, Croatia allows for direct currency exchange. |
| towards Croatia through Maribor. Those that travel | | | | If you do decide to use a currency exchange you |
| by plane have a choice of 5 main airports which are | | | | should avoid the services offered by the hotels; they |
| positioned in and around major cities. Should you be | | | | tend to try to charge too much. |
| concerned if you need a visa for travelling to the | | | | When in Croatia you should not be too worried about |
| country then you should visit the Croatian Embassy | | | | being able to get medical help if you need it; |
| where you live. | | | | especially if you have medical insurance. It is also |
| Rather than dollars or pounds, when you go to | | | | worth showing the medical professionals your |
| Croatia, you will need to have Kuna. A Kuna is split | | | | passport when you visit the hospital. The reason for |
| into 100 lipas. If you want to find out about the value | | | | this is that many countries have reciprocal medical |
| of Croatian currency then you should check out the | | | | arrangements where by they will willingly treat |
| Croatian National Bank website. There you can find | | | | tourists as long as their tourists get treated in their |
| out today's current values against GBP, USD and | | | | country. |
| most major currencies that are used throughout the | | | | If you are worried about safety in Croatia then do |
| world. Rather than exchanging money, one great | | | | not be. Croatia is, for the most part, very safe. Like |
| method is to use a credit card for your Croatian | | | | any country, there is chance of theft and other |
| money instead. This will mean that you can use an | | | | crimes however no more so than anywhere in the |
| ATM in the country to withdraw money, and | | | | West. One problem with Croatia is that men have a |
| therefore you do not have to worry about carrying | | | | strong tendency to wolf whistle at women and girls; |
| large sums of money on your person. One problem | | | | however this will be overcome by showing them that |
| associated with this is that when you put your card | | | | you are not amused. Should you need to speak to |
| into the machine you will have to be able to change | | | | someone Croatian in English then you are best to |
| the language to English through the menu. You should | | | | target those in their 20s or younger - Croatians are |
| not be too concerned with this - you should be able | | | | now strongly encouraged in learning English at school. |